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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The Johto League Silver Conference arc (EP265–EP272) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 62 · English episode 271 · Japanese episode 274 · Bulbapedia code EP272 |
| English title | Johto Photo Finish |
| Japanese title | フルバトルのはてに! それぞれのみち!! Furu Batoru no Hate ni! Sorezore no Michi!! — “To the End of the Destiny Battle! Respective Way!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 31 October 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 11 October 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Tyranitar (US) · Misdreavus (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Playing with Fire (EP271) |
| Next episode | Gotta Catch Ya Later! (EP273) |
Plot episodeAsh loses to Harrison – Top 8First Gen III move
Johto Photo Finish is the 62nd episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 271st episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 274, Bulbapedia code EP272). It first aired in Japan on 31 October 2002 and in the United States on 11 October 2003. It falls within the season’s The Johto League Silver Conference stretch (EP265–EP272).
Although it carries the Master Quest title card and theme, Kids’ WB counted this episode as part of Season 6; VIZ’s DVDs and streaming services include it in Master Quest.
Synopsis
Ash and Harrison are now at the end of their battle to see who will be going to the next round of the finals. It’s down to Harrison’s blaziken, and Charizard. Harrison has already seen Charizard battle, and blazikens are not native to Johto or Kanto. Afterwards Ash and company, Gary, and Harrison rescue a misdreavus trapped under a tree. Gary tells Ash of his decision to switch from being a pokémon trainer to becoming a pokémon researcher. Then after the conference ends, Ash, Gary, and Harrison join forces to keep Team Rocket from stealing Pikachu before going their separate ways.
Major Events
- Ash loses to Harrison (Top 8)
- Jon Dickson wins
- Gary → researcher
- Blaze Kick = first Gen III move
- Professor Birch (flashback)
Trivia
- The English title plays on a photo finish.
- The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Misdreavus in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Tyranitar in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Changes in the English Dub
- 4-s Misdreavus tower shot cut
- Team Rocket motto variations and dub-only fourth-wall jokes (“Meowth has been dropped from the rest of the season”, EP265). Move-name errors: Headbutt → “Skull Bash” (EP216–217), Take Down (EP220), Outrage → “Attack Rage” (EP253), Bind → “Wrap”, Scary Face → “Leer” (EP271), Ice Beam → “Cold Beam” (EP257). The announcer repeatedly calls Harrison “from Silver Town” instead of Littleroot (EP270, EP272).
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